Allan Milne Lees
1 min readNov 25, 2019

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Perhaps the most disappointing thing about Trump and the Republican Party is their complete lack of appreciation for snazzy uniforms. Hitler had a very keen eye for design, which is why the Gestapo always looked so sharp. Mussolini likewise tried to pep up his Italian paramilitaries with suitable clothing. Stalin, admittedly, didn’t have much to work with in impoverished peasant Russia but even he managed to create the bright red Pioneer scarfs that were coveted by millions of school children for decades thereafter. But what has the GoP done for dictatorship chic in the USA? Absolutely nothing! Let’s hope this lamentable oversight is soon addressed, albeit in size XXXL.

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Allan Milne Lees

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